Objective

The main objective of this work package is to identify innovative practices, oriented to the sustainable intensification (SI) of representative farming systems of different agro-climatic areas of East and West Africa. This will be achieved through the development of an operational SI indicator-based framework relying on already proposed frameworks but implemented and improved throughout the project with the integration of expert and lay knowledge, in-field measurements, modelling approaches.

Partners

Partners involved: UNISS, ACRA, IRD, UNB, INERA, UNIMAK, CSIR-SARI, KDC, KALRO, UoN, NM-AIST, TARI, HU, JU, ICRAF

WP Leader: UNISS

WP Co-Leader: University of Cranfield

TASKS

5.1

Identification of sustainable intensification indicators

A preliminary list of indicators at different scales and for different domains will be identified at the early stages of the project through a desk study and mobilizing the expert knowledge of the project partners. The preliminary list of indicators will be revised along the project duration through an iterative process which will involve all the other WPs

5.2

Development of a composite indicator of sustainable intensification

In this Task, the SI indicators will be aggregated following the procedure proposed by Metzger et al. in 2006 for assessing the vulnerability of ecosystem services to land use change. This procedure aims to aggregate a list of indicators into several aggregation levels (determinants and components) up to a unique indicator through a fuzzy logic approach